Bedroom Philosopher: Songs From The 86 Tram
01/01/2009 … We’ve previously called the quirkily tweedy Bedroom Philosopher ‘the Jarvis Cocker of stand-up’; and you can almost certainly add elements of The Kinks’…
2009 Archives
Thu 01 January 2009
Ali McGregor's Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night
01/01/2009 … Ali McGregor’s variety show is pitched as an evening of elegant decadence, as personified by the sultry top-hat-wearing chanteuse herself.
Felicity Ward's Ugly As A Child Variety Show
01/01/2009 … There’s something a bit wrong about Felicity Ward.
David Quirk: Feeling Steve Breathe
01/01/2009 … The laconic David Quirk is attempting something a little different with the architecture of stand-up, replacing the accepted tricks of the genre with a new batch…
Sammy J: 1999
01/01/2009 … The sound you’re most likely to hear from the audience of the new show from talented musical comedian Sammy J isn’t laughter, but a sympathetic ‘aaah’.
Mario Joyner
01/01/2009 … Mario Joyner supported Chris Rock on his last tour, but any expectations of similarly incisive social commentary are quickly dispelled when he opens his late-night…
Ricky Gervais: Science
01/01/2009 … Early preview show: Bloomsbury Theatre, London, April 20, 2009Ricky Gervais is dabbling in science, and tonight we are his guinea pigs.